Moccasin



E. A. LLEWELLYN.

MOCCASIN. APPLICATION FILED OCT; 25, 1920.

Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l- E. A. LLEWELLYN.

MOCCASIN. APPLICATION FILE-D 001,25. 1.920.

1,410, 105 Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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MTNESSI E. A LLEWELLYN.

MOCCASLN.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1.920.

'1 ,4 1 O, 1 O5 Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- WITNESS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNE T A. LLEWELLY or WILTON, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO G. I1. BASS & COMPANY,

, or WILTON, MAINE, A CORPORATION or MAINE.

MocoAsIN.

T 0 all to 710m it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST A. LLEWELLYN, a citizen of the Dominion of- Canada, and subject of the Kin of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at lVilton, in the county of Franklin and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moccasins; and I do liereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to boots and-shoes which are made usually of soft leather, and more particularly to moccasins or the like.

The main objects of the invention areto provide a moccasin having a toe-piece made wide at the front and provided with-a narrow tongue like rear part which extends'up over the ball of the foot and is secured to the vamp or front upper part of the shoe by seams which extend near the medial line of the foot, on opposite sides of-said line, while the widened front part is secured over the toe portion of the shoe by a seam which extends in a continuous curve from a point at one side about the base of the large toe to a diametrically opposite point: on the other side; the several parts of the shoe being so formed and secured together by seams so arranged as to give increased strength where needed and secure ease and comfort to the wearer and reduce to a minimum the danger of ripping or being torn apart at the seams.

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and then pointed out in the claims at the end of the descript-ion.. V i

In said drawings, 1 g 1 Fig. 1 'is a perspective view of a preferred' form of moccasin embodying my invention;

Fig. .2 is a perspective view of the same with the tongue and gussets removed, showing one of the quarters on the near side loosened and turned down and the narrow part of my iniproved'toe-piece loose and turned back over the toe ,of the shoe so as to more clearly illustrate the mode of connecting the several parts; 'Fi 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking toward the toe;

Specification of L t t-. Patented Mar. 21,1922.

Application filed October 25, 1920. Serial No. 419,424.

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary detail view, illustrating the tongue underlying the upper end of the toe-piece instead of overlying it' as inFig.l;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the sole portion of the moccasin; j Fig. 6 is a plan view of a blank from which the front part of the moccasin "is formed; 1 Q 1 Fig. 7 is a plan view of the toe-piece or blank from which the toe-piece is formed;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a moccasin of the same type'as that shown in 1, but having the rear portions 'of the front part of the shoe or vamp extended to the heel of'the shoe; and

Fig. 9 is a plan view-of the blank from which the vamp or front part of the moccasin with rearward extensions shown in Fig. 8 is formed. '1

Referring to said drawings, in which'the same reference letters are used to denote corresponding parts in different views, the frontpart of the'shoe or moccasin, as shown in Fig. 1, is formed from a blank A, con sisting of a single piece of leather having a centrally disposed V cut therein or an approximately V-shaped portion cut-out, as at a, the front edge thereof being continuously curved from a point at one side nearly midway of the blank to a diametrically opposite point on the other side, and also havingon opposite sides thereof laterally'pro j ecting extensions or wings a with'straight edges, and rearwardly projecting. portions (4 having curved edges; said blank being adapted to be bent on the lines w,fFig. 6,

and given'the form indicated in Fig. 1, and

to-have the edges of its central bifurcated or cutaway portion a secured together by a seam extending along the medial line of. thesole and its upturned side wings or extensions a secured together along their edges by a seam which extends along: a. medial line over the ball of the foot, while itsupturned front curved edge, shaped to form an approximately U-shaped toe'-portion, is secured to thefrontcurved edge of a toe-piece B, by hand'or "machine seam; said toe-piece having'a wide. substantially semi-circular front portion which is designed and adapted to covera" correspondingly shaped open space over the toesbetween the front edges of the side wings a" and the upturned front edge of'the-vamp. Said toepiece, as shown, is made wide at the front and its edges diverge to an intermediate point and then converge abruptly rearwardly until they merge in a narrow tongue like portion 1) which extends from said wide front part rearwardly over the ball of the foot'to a point about midway of or near the middle lot the "shoe. baid 1 narrow tongue-like portion is secured to the underlying vamp or side wings a of the said front part of the shoe by seamswhich extend longitudinally near the medial line of thefoot on opposite sides of said line and widen or spree apart as they approach the widened front portion of the toe-piece. Preferably said side wings a should be of sufficient length to permit their upturned outer edges to meet over the instep and be secured together by a seam extending longi- .tudinally ,along the medial line ofthe foot, asshbwnfinFrg. 2, but in somecases it may bedesirable to shorten said side wings, and instead of securing them together along *tlcieir meeting edges, to secure them to the toe-piece by seams which extend near the medial line of the foot on opposite sidesof said line, thus separating the edges ofsaid W1 edges alon said medial line. As shown, a tongue 'is secured to the vamp b a transverse over the ball of the oot and lies preferably over the rear part of the toe-piece, asshown in lyand 8, but may underlie said rear partof the toe-piece, as shown lin F' and may have secured thereto gussets fil, the outer edges of which are secured to the quarters F, but the gussets are not essentialand may be omitted. The toe-piece is secured to the vamp by a continuous seam extending across its upper end, joining it to the tongue, and thence downwardly alon its .ed es on both sides near the .medial me of t e foot, and diverging near theifiront where the toes iece to widen and continuing around front which is usually secured to the vamp We -se m Q The lower portion of the vamp might be made without a V-cut in its center, but-such but is preferable, to give a better fit. The rearwardly extending portions of the blank preferably terminate atthe shank of the foot, as shown 1, but such portions maiy run to the heel, asshown in Fig. 8.

n Figs Sand .9 is shown a modification of myinvention, wherein the blank A has rearwardly extending portions a adapted to form the lower or-tion of-the quarters and the rear part 0 the sole as wellas the frontpart thereof, said rearwardly extending rtionsbeing secured together :at the heel a vertical seam. The upper portions of the uarters F are each made from a blank, t e lower edge of which is secured to the upper edge of the upturned outer porngsand leaving a space between said of'th'e quarters, and the vertical seam which unites the rear edges of the quarters and also the rear ends of the rearwardly extending poitions of the blank which form the lower portions of the quarters is covered by the nsualhaclr stay G.

The upper end of the toe-piece B, as shown in Fig. 1, is round, while in Fig. 8, said end has a straight edge, and the seam which unites said end to the tongue .D extends straight across; otherwise the toe-piece and associated parts and the mode of connecting the same are the same as described with reference to Figs. 1 to 7 of the drawings.

Having thus described my. inventiomwhat I claim as new and desire to secure 'by' Letters Patent of the United, States is:

a 1. In a moccasin, a front part or vamp made from a blank consisting of a single piece of leather bifurcated in its sole .portion and having on opposite sides thereof intermediate laterally projecting extensions or wings whose opposed edges extend a-lon a medial line over and forward of the b'al of the foot, the front edge of said front part being upturned and curved in substantially semi-circular form leaving an open space over the toes, and a toe-piece having fa wide front-portion adapted. to cove-r said open space andhaving its front edgecurved to conform to the curvature of-said upturned edge of said i 'ront part and secured thereto by asubs-tantially semi-circular seam, said toe-piece having a narrow-tongue-ilike portion which extends from said wide front part rearwardly over the ball of the foot and overlies the opposed edges of said Wing's, said narrow portion *being secured to said wings by sea-ms on oppositesides of said medial lines, and rear upper and sole portions secured to said win-gs and to the-sole portions I of said front part, substantially as described. the curved 2. In a moccasin, a front part 'or' vamp and sole-piece made from a single .piece of leatherhaving its front edge curved in substanti-ally semi-circular 'form and upturned around the toe portion and on both sides, and also having on opposite sides thereoflintermediate its length laterally projecting Wings which terminate rearwardly of said upturned 'to'e portion and whose opposed edges extend along a medial line over and forward of the ball of the foot,so *thatan open space is left over the toes between said upturned toe-portion and the. frontedges of said wings, and a toe-piecehaving a wide front portion shaped to cover sald open space and having its front edge curved to conform to the curvature oftlie upturned edge of said toe-portion and secured thereto by a substantially semi-circular seam, "said I toe-piece also havinga long and narrow rean ward extension which extends from said wide front part rearwardly over the ball of the foot and overlies and is secured to said wings by seams which extend on opposite sides of said medial line.

3. A moccasin comprising a front part or vamp made from a blank consisting of, a single piece of leather having a V-cut in its sole portion and having intermediate later ally projecting extensions or wings on opposite sides thereof which terminate in advance of the rear ends of the sole portions, the edges of said wings being straight, and the front edge of said vamp being continuously curved in approximately semi-circular form from one Wing to the other and upturned to leave an open space over the toes, the outel edgesof the said sole portions being curved from the rear edges of said wings to their rear extremities, a toe-piece having a wide front portion covering said open space, and the front edge of which is curved to conform to the curvature of said continuously curved front edge of said vamp, and a rearwardly extending narrow portion which extends from said wide front part rearwardly over the ball of the foot and is connected to said wings b seams which extend on opposite sides 0 near said line, so as to leave a space between said edges along said medial line, the front curved edges of said vamp and toe-piece being secured together by a substantially semi-circular seam and rear upper and sole portions secured to said wings and sole portions of said front part, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST A. LLEWELLYN.

' 'Witnesses:

EDITH L. GREENE,

HAROLD W. WHEELER.

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